Thievery Corporation - Babylon Rewound
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Artist: Thievery CorporationEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Music Label: Eighteenth Street
Soundtracks:
- State of the Union (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
- Until the Morning (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
- The Outernationalist (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
- Exilio (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
- Until the Morning (Rewound by Kid Loco)
- Resolution (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
- Truth and Rights (preivously unreleased)
- Un Simple Histoire (Rewound by Thievery Corporation)
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Free Music Review: A great remix E.P.
Hit: 5 Stars
Many bands don't really take the time to remix themselves anymore. Underworld used to do it, the Orb became great at doing it. Being a huge Thievery fan, I was really looking forward to see hoe they'd reinterpret the songs. I wasn't disappointed. I should start by saying that I've always thought that remixes should different from the original (otherwise, what's the point?), while retaining enough to know it's the same song (why bother calling it a remix when all you've done is sample a snippet of vocal?). This is what Thievery's done. They've taken enough of the song's background bits and pieces and brought them up to the foreground. Despite what the other reviewers will tell you, this is actually what dub is. The original producers wanted to take vocals out, but make enough of a song, so they took little melodies that were pushed into the background and brought them up front. Dub is not just having a loud bassline, chopped up beats, and melodies that drop in and out at the push of a button. So it succeeds at making new versions of songs, and succeeds as a dub album. But how are the tracks themselves? State of the Union is very up-tempo and has a more traditionally-reggae beat to it. Very good to dance to. Until the Morning is more laid-back, with a real beat and some serious bass to it, as well as the requisite chopped-up vocals. The Outernationalist has kept the same bass line, only started it at a different point, which makes it sound different, and has a great instrumental break. Exilio has also been given a dancier beat, and some nice little organ, but mostly the same. The Kid Loco version of Until the Morning is one of those tracks for which the label "lounge" was invented. Relaxed windwoods, cool little guitar licks, it's very nice. Resolution is the most dub-like here. The melodies are chopped-up, the bass is pushed to the foreground, and all that good stuff. I guess the reviewers who said this isn't dub expect for all dub to have a 'one-drop' beat to it. Truth and Rights is decent song. Sleepy Wonder goes into full rat-a-tat rhyming style here, and does so very well. The Voidd remix of Un Simple Histoire is good, but sort of out-of-place. It's more typical-dance-floor style than the other tracks, and really only adds a more four-to-the-floor beat, but is still good. This CD also has the video for Richest Man in Babylon on it, and points to Rob and Eric for making Notch the focus. Most bands who have a single with a guest vocalist either ignore them in the video, or splice scenes in that have been clearly shot without the band, making it seem like two videos thrown together. This is definitely worth it. I sort of hope they do this idea again with Cosmic Game.
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